Lisbon and the Sunny Coast: Oriental Inspiration

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Oriental Inspiration

Monserrate Palace (1858) at the Sintra Mountain Range

(The building is symmetrical but the west wing is not shown here as it is hidden by some huge trees)

23 comments:

Olivier said...: c'est un batiment magnifique, j'adore; February 17, 2011 at 12:20 PM
黄清华 Wong Ching Wah said...: Very beautiful structure !; February 17, 2011 at 1:21 PM
S. Etole said...: beautiful ...; February 17, 2011 at 1:47 PM
art is in the kitchen said...: What a place! I have to visit Sintra again! You take the most convincing photos indeed! Thanks for sharing these treasure houses to the world! They are a must to visit!; February 17, 2011 at 1:58 PM
Lois said...: Magnificent!; February 17, 2011 at 2:02 PM
Anonymous said...: Really quite beautiful.; February 17, 2011 at 3:08 PM
joo said...: I love this building, but today even more appreciate blue sky:); February 17, 2011 at 3:53 PM
Judy said...: I am speechless at this beauty!; February 17, 2011 at 4:02 PM
Sylvia K said...: What a fantastic Palace, JM! I love it!! Like Joo, the blue skies are what I'm longing far! These at least assure me there are some -- somewhere!! Superb capture as always!!

Sylvia; February 17, 2011 at 4:15 PM
Dina said...: Woa, this is something very exotic.; February 17, 2011 at 5:26 PM
Genie -- Paris and Beyond said...: A beautiful, romantic structure and I have read that the gardens are lovely with plants native to other countries and some waterfalls... Very nice photos, JM

Bises,
Genie; February 17, 2011 at 5:28 PM
Rob Siemann said...: 1001 nights... Dreamy; February 17, 2011 at 5:51 PM
Margaret said...: I am hoping this type of artistic talent is being passed down to modern-day artists.; February 17, 2011 at 5:59 PM
VP said...: A wonderful building, I love this kind of almost-fake architecture!; February 17, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Leif Hagen said...: What a magnificent place/palace! I'd feel like a king living there!; February 17, 2011 at 9:43 PM
James said...: The colors,the sky,the light, everything is so beautiful!; February 18, 2011 at 2:07 AM
Randy said...: Wow I have never seen anything like this. So beautiful.; February 18, 2011 at 2:33 AM
T. Becque said...: Quite the spot! The architecture looks like an interesting mix of influences.
Yeah, I don't know what's up with the gate in my photo :); February 18, 2011 at 4:30 AM
Jack said...: This is wonderful, JM, in part because it is so unusual to me. Great!; February 18, 2011 at 4:39 AM
Small City Scenes said...: Oh my that is a beautiful building.
No wonder Sintra is a 'romantic' city. MB; February 18, 2011 at 7:12 AM
Cezar and Léia said...: This place is awesome, the architecture is also very special!
And I'm enchanted by the blue sky!
Léia; February 18, 2011 at 7:59 AM
Kate said...: Another grand building! You are surrounded by so much beautiful architecture.; February 18, 2011 at 12:15 PM
Francisca said...: I think I need to come visit Sintra.; February 20, 2011 at 10:31 AM

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